Israeli strikes kill 17 Palestinian people
GAZA, July 23 (AFP): Gaza's civil defence agency said Israeli strikes killed 17 people in the Palestinian territory on Wednesday, as Israel's military said it was pressing on with its operations against Hamas militants.Agency spokesman Mahmud Bassal told AFP that eight people-including a pregnant woman-were killed in a single strike...
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Ishiba denies he decided to quit
TOKYO, July 23 (Reuters): Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba denied on Wednesday he had decided to quit after a source and media reports said he planned to announce his resignation to take responsibility for a bruising upper house election defeat.Asked about media reports that he had expressed his intention to...
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Syria launches probes into extrajudicial killings in Druze
DAMASCUS, July 23 (AFP): Syria said on Tuesday that it had launched investigations into reported extrajudicial killings in the country's Druze heartland, promising to punish perpetrators including any government-affiliated personnel after a week of sectarian bloodshed.The violence, which began on July 13 and ended with a weekend ceasefire, started with...
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Air India crash victim's son receives wrong remains
LONDON, July 23 (BBC): The son of a woman killed in the Air India plane crash has told the BBC "other remains" were found in her casket after her body was returned to the UK.Miten Patel, whose father also died in the crash, said the coroner identified the mixed-up remains...
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